Be Dumb Bro: The Live Experience

Be Dumb Bro: The Live Experience was a concert held on December 16, 2022, organized by Flex Entertainment hip-hop artist Beetlebat in support of his debut mixtape "Be Dumb Bro". It is one of the only concerts put on by a Flex artist with Kenny Mgee and Poo Band being some of the others. The concert was held at the Fowler Conservation Club in Michigan, attended by 40-50 people.

Background
On his song "This Year", Beetle proclaimed in the second verse that he wanted to do "at least one show" before the year ended. On December 4, 2022, he announced that he would be doing his first ever live concert at the Fowler Conservation Club on December 16. It was titled as "Be Dumb Bro: The Live Experience." It was first announced in a YouTube video "IT'S NOT OVER YET." It would feature him walking around the Fowler Conservation Camp, ending with him hiding from police sirens before revealing the poster of the show. People around his town immediately started asking questions. He would slowly advertise it throughout Discord, Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram.

In a TikTok video, he revealed that the doors would open at 8 PM EST and the show would start at 9 PM. There would also be a fee of five dollars. He would continue to promote the show through social media and hung up multiple posters in his hometown.

Aesthetic
The club building gave the concert a "natural" and "down to earth" environment. There were concert posters pastured on the stage, seven "Be Dumb Bro" CDs near concessions for takes, a sound system provided by GUT (Great Uncle Tuck) Productions, and a lighting system that shined over the the crowd. Notable people in attendance were fellow Michigan Flexers Twisted Wizard and Jorge De Guzman. There was no opener for the show.

The concert opened with the first few seconds of "Real Life" by The Weeknd, used to pump up the crowd before transitioning into "Here We Go." Beetle would perform the first verse of this track without a backing track. It would immediately transition into his second opening "Session." During this section, he threw on his leather jacket with much more energy. The opening section continued with "The Grocery List Song" where Vandee chose not to show up to perform his parts in person. Instead, Beetle carved a mask of Vandee passed out and used it during his parts. He would stop the music to speak with the crowd, introducing himself and his plans for the show. Up next, he would perform various upbeat, energy-driven tracks like "Fresh", "Turn It Up", and "Innocent." The former saw the crowd screaming the chorus. Following this was the first half of "Flex On Em" which would be abandoned right before Mgee's verse. He would then perform deluxe track "Tsunade." He would end off the "banger" section with "Blackout" which would have a mosh pit from the audience. Beetle would take a short break to regroup and confirm the crowd was ok.

Shortly after, he told the story of "Moneymaker" where the woman on the song "Emma" didn't show up. He performed it anyway. This would begin the "chill" section of the setlist. This would involve him playing solo versions of hit tracks "This Year", "Patrol", and "Sun Goes Down." The first song saw the audience hold up lighters and the former saw Beetle perform several dance moves. He would take another break before introducing the final songs of the set.

The last tracks of the set were "Physics" and "On The Regular", two of his most iconic songs. He told a brief story of "Physics" where his music career started initially. The performance of "Physics" saw the crowd holding lighters and singing the chorus. Beetle admitted he got a "little emotional" seeing how far he had come since its release. He would end the song playing his trumpet into the final track "On The Regular." This was a throwback experience for him as this club was the same place his 2020 prom took place where the same song played. Beetle would thank everyone for coming out and congratulated his parents on their 22th anniversary. The crowd encouraged Beetle to perform "Innocent" and "Blackout" one more time for an encore. Despite being super tired, he would do it.

Setlist

 * 1) "Here We Go/Session"
 * 2) "The Grocery List Song" (with "Vandee")
 * 3) "Fresh"
 * 4) "Turn It Up"
 * 5) "Innocent"
 * 6) "Flex On 'Em"
 * 7) "Tsunade"
 * 8) "Blackout"
 * 9) "Moneymaker"
 * 10) "Patrol"
 * 11) "This Year"
 * 12) "Sun Goes Down"
 * 13) "Physics"
 * 14) "On The Regular"
 * 15) "Innocent" (Encore)
 * 16) "Blackout" (Encore)